Local air travel maintains positive growth trajectory year-on-year

Air passenger numbers climbed steady year-on-year in the third quarter of 2016, according to Airports Company South Africa’s (ACSA’s) latest Aviation Barometer for the three months to September 30. ACSA recorded a 4.4% year-on-year increase in total arrivals and departures, compared with the third-quarter in 2015. This increase included a total of 4.98-million arrivals and 4.77-million departures across the group’s network of airports.